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Viewpoints

Translating Legacy: The Lana

LS:N Global speaks to creative agency Construct about The Lana, a new epicentre that blends heritage with modern innovation for a fresh Middle East...

Luxury : Hospitality : Design

News

Gentle Monster expands Haus Nowhere concept in Shenzhen

Gentle Monster has unveiled its largest immersive retail concept yet, Haus Nowhere, in Shenzhen, China.

Retail : Luxury : Experience

Micro Trends

The Rise of the C-Store

Brands are re-appraising the convenience store sector, viewing this once low-key retail channel as a valuable, authentic backdrop for launches, bra...

Retail : Food & Drink : Fashion

Big Ideas

Travel with Purpose: TTG Luxury Travel Summit

Sustainable corporate culture, slow travel and luxury traveller experiences were key topics on the agenda at 2023’s TTG Luxury Travel Summit.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Viewpoints

Branding’s Transformation Age

Design and experience strategy is evolving to become a form of collaborative engagement along a narrative arc of surprise and transformation that c...

Design : Experience : Tomorrow's Leadership

Podcasts

Podcast: Adam Scott and Dave Waddell’s Age of Transformation

Design and experience strategy isn’t a top-down process for the privileged few, but a collaborative engagement along a narrative arc of surprise an...

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Experience

Podcasts

Podcast: Ian Johnston on Escapist Retail Experiences

Retail experience isn’t just about UX tech, but about understanding how we blend all touchpoints we have with the customer into a single, seamless ...

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Retail

Big Ideas

Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs

As consumer demand for value-driven retail increases, a new wave of Hyperphysical Stores offering sustainability-focused customer experiences are c...

Retail : Sustainability : Fashion

Micro Trends

Synaesthesia Scents

Olfactory-meets-auditory experiences are providing people with physical and psychological grounding as an antidote to hyper-connectivity.

Beauty : Fragrance : Wellness

Micro Trends

Alco pop-ups

Retailers are driving customers to bricks-and-mortar locations through alcohol and nightlife partnerships that capitalise on the experiential boom.

Retail : Drink : Alcohol

News

Travel site Fliggy curates a data-informed music festival

Alibaba-owned travel platform Fliggy is creating a three-day-long music festival in China’s Shapotou desert. Informed by its extensive consumer dat...

Travel & Hospitality : Media & Entertainment : Youth

News

An artificial hill enticing shoppers back to Oxford Street

As London’s famous retail strip, Oxford Street, seeks to rebuild interest amid easing pandemic restrictions, Westminster City Council has unveiled ...

Retail : Society : Travel & Hospitality

News

Porsche is localising automotive retail

Porsche, the luxury car manufacturer, has opened a range of new retail formats to elevate customer experiences and entice brand enthusiasts. Compri...

Retail : Luxury : Sports & Leisure

News

Lollipop's AI closes the gap between recipes and retail

Lollipop is a new British online grocery marketplace that enables shoppers to build meal plans from recipes and assemble the ingredients automatica...

Retail : Food & Drink : Technology

News

Scotland's Fife Arms raises the bar for whisky discovery

Bertie’s Whisky Bar is rethinking the way people experience whisky, encouraging visitors to explore its labyrinth of 365 bottles arranged by flavou...

Food & Drink : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury

News

Stat: Young people remain open to new experiences

Amid the impact of Covid-19 and continuing global uncertainty, new research from Hall & Partners reveals an openness among young people to have new...

Stat : Statistic : Youth

News

The Big Idea: How retail is becoming a phygital playground

With bricks-and-mortar retail facing new challenges amid Covid-19, retailers looked to innovate with new experiences that invite shoppers to intera...

Retail : Phygital : Fashion

News

London Fashion Week’s gender-neutral, digital future

For the next 12 months, London Fashion Week will adopt a new digital format merging womenswear and menswear.

Fashion : Experience : Covid-19

Macro Trends

Enlightened States

The experience economy is pivoting towards personal transformation as the public imagination looks inwards, favouring self-discovery over shared sp...

Experience : Wellness : Leisure

News

Swedish Design Museum’s exhibition in a backpack

Swedish Design Museum has launched a virtual exhibition consisting of a backpack from bag brand Sandqvist filled with Swedish design-led items.

Travel : Tourism : Leisure

News

Lego promotes analogue play with 2D Dots

Lego is experimenting with arts and crafts by using the 2D tile-based play concept Lego Dots.

Youth : Play : Design

News

Stat: UK shoppers say experience will take over product

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has unveiled Westfield How We Shop: The Next Decade, a trends report of retail predictions for 2025.

Retail : Experience : Inspiration Per Square Foot

News

Trip in the Dark is transforming the way we visit cities

The virtual city tour allows people to experience a city without visual stimuli.

Travel : Society : Tour

News

McArthurGlen gets immersive with local culture

The outlet retailer is using light and sound installations to celebrate the £90m expansion of its Kent destination.

Retail : Technology : Culture